<p>Taken from MIT Application Guide:
“Some Intentionally Bad Haiku to Ease the Pain of College Applications”</p>
<p>**Grrrrr. Applications.
What a pain! Boring questions,
parents on your case…</p>
<pre><code>There has to be a
better way than filling gout
all these stupid forms.
Maybe there is, but
(oops, we sound like parents here)
we’ve found that this works.
We want to get to
know you as well as we can.
Believe it or not.
What emerges from
the many details is a
portrait: the real you.
What could we know that
test scores, transcripts, and teachers
can’t fully reveal?
Only you can turn
these otherwise stupid forms
into your story.
We’re looking forward
to learning all about you.
Get started. Have fun!**
</code></pre>
<p>1.) Did you really “lol”?
2.) Where/what is the MIT Application Guide? I can’t seem to find it on Google</p>
<p>You get it mailed to you. I’m not sure who they mail it to (like, people who score above a threshold on the PSAT, or if you registered for a MyMIT account, etc)</p>
<p>its a pretty cool little information packet. probably the most interesting one i’ve received. and i’ve received a LOT</p>
<p>Ehhh, I think that’s debatable. I really really liked Yale’s blue-covered viewbook, but I might be a little biased since I’m planning on applying there SCEA.</p>
<p>MIT and Caltech both had awesome viewbook things last year, pity there was no way I would have fit in at either school, but hey, Yale Pride:)</p>
<p>I loved the Guide…I especially liked the Douglas Adams “don’t panic” on the back. I think it’s sent to people who have registered for the mit mailing list in the past…</p>
<p>^ that’s interesting. I got the Yale guide and the CalTech periodic, but just a letter from MIT? Perhaps I need to go through my mountain of mail again.</p>